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eSIM was supposed to replace SIM cards, but carriers turned it into a trap (www.howtogeek.com)

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[–] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

and supporting circuitry

As far as it seems, that one should be the same. Just with the chip soldered-on instead of having a SIM slot.
Here's a guide on XDA forum on how you can just solder eSIM chip onto regular SIM contact pads and manage the eUICC with OpenEUICC Magisk module on OnePlus 11.

Osmocom reports some devices may recognize it as internal eUICC if the OS has LPA software.

By the way, there's also lpa-gtk, based on lpac which allows use of eSIM on some Linux phones.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's interesting stuff, thanks for the links. I was under the impression that eSIMs were more integrated than that. That makes the whole eSIM nonsense even more ridiculous, as the manufacturer isn't even saving much.